This afternoon, the Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation released the announcement below that they will not accommodate bicycles or pedestrians on the Hoan Bridge. While this is certainly a severe blow to the decade-long efforts to fill the missing link in the 162 mile long Lake Michigan Trail Network, the staff at the Bike Fed have [...]

Even with the Packers-Vikings game on Monday Night Football nearly 300 people pedaled and drove to last night’s public information meeting about a bike path on the Hoan Bridge. While the Packers easily trounced the Vikings on the frozen tundra later that night, path proponents at the meeting made the case that Minneapolis continues to [...]

Next week Monday there will be a very important public involvement meeting (PIM in government speak) to get public comment on the WisDOT feasibility study for a bicycle path on the Hoan Bridge. It is vitally important supporters of the project turn out for the meeting to demonstrate steadfast support for this once in a [...]

Today the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT) released a report that identifies five workable options to add a bicycle and pedestrian path on the I-794 Hoan Bridge on Milwaukee’s lakefront. The Federal Highway Administration directed WisDOT to do the study because since 2001 federal policy has required bicycle accommodations on projects that use federal funds unless [...]

In April, Governor Scott Walker announced that the Hoan Bridge would be reconstructed beginning in 2013. The bridge reconstruction is estimated to cost between $275 and $350 million dollars, and when complete, is expected to last between 40 and 60 years. For years the possible bicycle and pedestrian accommodations on the Hoan Bridge have been [...]